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Putting Decisions in Perspective(s)

Marco Montali

Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

DEC2H 2019, Vienna, Austria

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Decision Models Strike Back

Decision Model and Notation (DMN) standard by OMG:

• Elicitation and clean representation of decision models.
• Decision: set of business rules for a single decision with fixed

input/output attributes. Shown in a table.

• Decision Requirements Graph: network of decisions, binding their

input/outputs to obtain a more complex decision. Shown in a decision requirement diagram. Wide adoption by the industry.

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Success Factor #1: Timeliness

Organizations are increasingly process-oriented.

• DMN encourages separation of concerns between the process

logic and the decision logic.

• Clarity, modularity, reusability.

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Success Factor #1: Timeliness

Organizations are increasingly process-oriented.

• DMN encourages separation of concerns between the process

logic and the decision logic.

• Clarity, modularity, reusability.

From BPMN. . .

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Success Factor #1: Timeliness

Organizations are increasingly process-oriented.

• DMN encourages separation of concerns between the process

logic and the decision logic.

• Clarity, modularity, reusability.

. . . to BPMN+DMN

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